COMPANY

Acquired Knight-Ridder in 2006, for $6.5B. With this purchase the firm operates 32 regional newspapers, not including acquisitions it wishes to immediately divest itself of.

Official Website:
http://www.mcclatchy.com/

Industry:
Media

Ticker:
NYSE:MNI

Corporate headquarters:
Sacramento, CA

Sales:
$2.2B (2007)

Employees:
16,000

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
James McClatchy	Publisher	17-Dec-1920	26-May-2006	Former Chairman, McClatchy Newspapers
Gary B. Pruitt	Business	c. 1957		President and CEO of Associated Press

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Elizabeth A. Ballantine	Attorney	c. 1948		EBA Associates
Leroy T. Barnes, Jr.	Business	c. 1952		Treasurer of PG&E, 2001-05
William K. Coblentz	Attorney	28-Jul-1922	13-Sep-2010	Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass
Molly Maloney Evangelisti	Business	c. 1952		McClatchy Company
Kathleen Foley Feldstein	Economist	c. 1941		Economics Studies, Inc.
Larry Jinks	Editor	c. 1928		San Jose Mercury News publisher, 1989-94
Joan F. Lane	Business	c. 1928		Stanford University booster
Brown McClatchy Maloney	Publisher	c. 1955		Olympic View Publishing
Kevin S. McClatchy	Baseball	13-Jan-1963		CEO of the Pittsburgh Pirates, 1996-2007
William B. McClatchy	Business	c. 1962		Index Investing LLC
Theodore R. Mitchell	Administrator	c. 1956		President of Occidental College, 1999-2005
Gary B. Pruitt	Business	c. 1957		President and CEO of Associated Press
Tony Ridder	Business	c. 1940		CEO of Knight Ridder, 1995-2006
S. Donley Ritchey	Business	c. 1937		Former CEO of Lucky Stores
Frederick R. Ruiz	Business	c. 1944		Ruiz Foods

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
James McClatchy	Publisher	17-Dec-1920	26-May-2006	Former Chairman, McClatchy Newspapers
Maggie Wilderotter	Business	9-Feb-1955		CEO of Citizens Communications

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Kevin S. McClatchy	Baseball	13-Jan-1963		CEO of the Pittsburgh Pirates, 1996-2007

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